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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

In the sidebar you will see that rule 3 is "Avoid politics", as of US election day.

Political posts represent the vast majority of the moderation burden. They tend not to be the fun/quirky/whimsical/goofy/nonsense kind of posts that people enjoy from c/showerthoughts.

Maybe we should make a c/drivewaythoughts or a c/doomscrollingthoughts to fill the void.

The rule will begin 0200 UTC Nov 6, 2024 to be exact, you have 2 minutes, go ham.

As always I'm open to feedback.

EDIT: While I'm editing the sidebar. I will remove the "Be good to others" rule because it's redundant to the opening paragraph of Lemmy's Code of Conduct.

EDIT 2: If you want to give anonymous feedback you can report this post and give your feedback in the report. It's anonymous to me at least.

EDIT 3: Here are some good counter points to the new rule:

  1. This arguably offers new perspective on an ordinary topic but it's pretty political: https://lemmy.world/post/21997198
  2. This post was very popular and remained civil: https://lemmy.world/post/21925102
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We pretty much always need an outside force to get us to stop.

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If all the money ends up in hands of billionaires and their corporations and there will be no money in hands of regular plebs...
Who do you think will have to pay the taxes? Also, the people would figure out a different way of trading or currency. And with that one getting taxed, all the billionaire's money become worthless.

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submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by Gentryfried@feddit.uk to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

They always make out that it's a free thing and then it's not.

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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by netvor@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Don't test that. Seriously. I hate you just for thinking about testing it. In fact, go off the internet and make a baby happy, now!

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submitted 15 hours ago by xia@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Let’s say a man decides to change his last name for no other reason than he hates his dad’s last name, and that dad refuses to call his son by his new last name. Then, in my opinion, his son should be 100% allowed to call him any mean name or slur he wants—'dick,' 'shithead,' the R slur, whatever. You shouldn’t get to disrespect people and expect respect back, so if this person gets called a slut and gets mad, I really can’t feel sympathy for him.

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I haven't watched YouTube on a desktop in years so maybe you still can....

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by codewizard@hear-me.social to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

@showerthoughts what do cities have to do with time ?? I mean, why are they described in minutes and seconds ???

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Mantzy81@aussie.zone to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

So yeah, title give you my views on Christianity and all other abrahamic religions. So am I right in thinking that this was one of the main takeaways. I dunno man, women fucking rule. Seems a pretty dumb takeaway. Edit: and why does nobody talk about Lilith? She seemed pretty legit.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by FosterMolasses@leminal.space to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Edit: The term feminazi was once used as a shorthand for "feminist nazi" for those that don't know.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

That's actually all... I'll leave it up to you to speculate on the cure...

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More people do X makes X more done.

why does it fail so horribly for X = protecting a secret? or does it?

(I'm not 3, by the way...)

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World War Weird (lemmy.world)
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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Nomecks@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Really you can scramble them into anything at the sub-atomic level.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Batmancer@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

I read somewhere it must’ve turned molten from the atmosphere, but l wonder if like little droplets of metal fell down to earth or if it was just vaporized.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

A fanciful bike ride, the universe in harmony as one of its treasures is unlocked

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I thought about it, so you will too.

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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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